Air Defense Command Luxembourg

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The air defense command Luxembourg was a command staff at brigade level of the Air Force during World War II . The establishment of the brigade staff took place on May 15, 1940 by renaming the Moselle air defense command and was renamed to the staff of the future Flak Brigade Frantz on May 18, 1940 . The air defense command in Luxembourg was tactically subordinate to the Luftgau Command XII and took over the operational management of the German anti-aircraft forces in the Luxembourg - southern Belgium area . The Flak Regiment 30 and the Fortress Flak Regiment 32 were subordinate to him . The sole commanding officer was Colonel Gotthard Frantz .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Heinz Hummel: The German flak cartillery 1935-1945. Your major formations and regiments . VDM, Zweibrücken 2010, ISBN 978-3-86619-048-1 , p. 172 .